British electro pioneer records the sound of cancer

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2005

PARIS, (AFP) — British electronic music whizz Matthew Herbert is hoping to become the first musician ever to use the sound of cancer in a dance track.

"I've found a guy, an American, that can record the sound of it," he told AFP during an interview before a performance in Paris.

The London-based musician is working on the follow-up album to Plat du Jour, released worldwide this year, which was made using sampled recordings of food to raise awareness about the industrialisation of modern farming methods.

"My new record is going to be a disco record. So people might be out having a good time on a Saturday night but they might be dancing to a disco record and the beats are made from cancer," he smiles.

The know-how for this extraordinary feat would be...